Adjective: oud
Indefinite Forms
| masc. & fem. | oude |
| neuter | oud |
Comparison Forms
| Positive | oude |
| Comparative | oudere |
| Superlative | oudste |
Sample Sentences
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De oude man en de zee. (The Old Man and the Sea.)
Adjectives inflected like oud
bestendig,
stichtelijk,
meelijwekkend,
seniel,
sappig,
schuin,
scherp,
schalk,
glasachtig,
diepgravend,
sjofel,
ongelijkmatig,
energiebesparend,
smeuïg,
smerig,
slecht,
solied,
soepel,
simpel,
dienstig, etc. (List truncated at 20 adjectives)
Etymology
1. From Middle Dutch out, from Old Dutch alt, from Proto-West Germanic *ald, from Proto-Germanic *aldaz, from Proto-Indo-European *altós, *h₂eltós, from *h₂el- (“grow, nourish”).
2. Compare German alt, West Frisian âld, Low German old, English old. See: German Adjectives '
alt', English Adjectives '
old'.
Verbs referencing "oud"
English Adjectives
old, German Adjectives
alt.
Translations